Smofkabiven Peripheral Dosage/Direction for Use

The doctor will decide on the dose for the patient individually depending on the body weight and function. SmofKabiven Peripheral will be given to the patient by a health care professional.
If the patient gets more SmofKabiven Peripheral than they should: It is unlikely that the patient will receive too much medicine as SmofKabiven Peripheral is given to the patient by a health care professional.
Method of administration: Intravenous use, infusion into a peripheral or a central vein.
To provide total parenteral nutrition, trace elements, vitamins and possibly electrolytes (taking into account the electrolytes already present in SmofKabiven Peripheral) should be added to SmofKabiven Peripheral according to the patients need.
Infusion rate: The maximum infusion rate for glucose is 0.25 g/kg bw/h, for amino acid 0.1 g/kg bw/h, and for fat 0.15 g/kg bw/h.
The infusion rate should not exceed 3.0 ml/kg bw/h (corresponding to 0.21 g glucose, 0.10 g amino acids, and 0.08 g fat/kg bw/h). The recommended infusion period is 14-24 hours.